2 Kings 23:15:222 Kgs.23.15.W22TAB
וְשָׂרַ֥ף
vesaraf
“and he burned”
- Transliteration
- ve-sa-RAF
- Extended
- veh-sah-RAHF
- IPA
- /wəsaːˈraf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he burned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sa-RAF
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sa-RAF a-she-RA
- clause
va-yis-ROF et-ha-ba-MA he-DAK le-a-FAR ve-sa-RAF a-she-RA
- sentence
ve-GAM et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-VEIT-EL ha-ba-MA a-SHER a-SA ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL GAM et-ha-miz-BE-akh ha-HU ve-et-ha-ba-MA na-TATS va-yis-ROF et-ha-ba-MA he-DAK le-a-FAR ve-sa-RAF a-she-RA
Exegesis
The final wəśārap̄ {וְשָׂרַף | wəśārap̄} ‘and he burned’ adds the climactic removal of the asherah {אֲשֵׁרָה | ʾăšērâ} ‘Asherah’, completing the purge of illicit worship objects.
Root and etymology
š-r-pš-r-p
“to burn”
In context — 2 Kings 23:15
And also the altar that was in Bethel , the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, who caused Israel to sin; also that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he burned the high place, crushed it to dust , and burned the Asherah pole.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:15:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Kings 23:15, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂרַ֥ף (vesaraf) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.23.15.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.15.W22.S1) and character.